Face to face with local history: Hackney Museum reopens its doors
Hackney Museum will reopen its doors for pre-booked “Covid-secure” visits from tomorrow, Thursday, following the easing of the national lockdown. …
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Schoolboy is youngest winner of International Emmy
Hackney-based Billy Barratt, 13, became the youngest ever recipient of an International Emmy award on Monday for his role in …
November 27, 2020/
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Pandemic performance: new album of cross-genre collaboration
The collaborative group Croydon Composers Online released the third volume of their cross-genre musical project last Friday, free for all …
November 26, 2020/
Arts, Arts Features, Features, Lockdown lifestyle, Music, News/
Open-air gallery collection expanded at Canary Wharf
Six new works have been added to London’s largest outdoor collection of free public art at Canary Wharf, which already includes over …
November 23, 2020/
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Thousands of stolen art prints returned to artist Stik
Thousands of stolen prints by Hackney street artist Stik – which went missing when being sent to local residents – …
November 17, 2020/
Arts, Hackney, Lead Stories, News/
“Genre contrarian” M. John Harrison wins Goldsmiths Prize
M John Harrison was announced as the winner of the Goldsmiths Prize for Fiction today for his novel The Sunken …
November 11, 2020/
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Trump caricature series appears overnight on Hackney bus-stops
Paintings of a bright orange Donald Trump, by political cartoonist Henny Beaumont, appeared in transit shelter displays at Hackney bus …
Arcola Theatre announces new Covid-secure outdoor performance space
A Hackney theatre has unveiled plans for its Covid-secure return with an outdoor performance space. Dalston’s Arcola Theatre’s Arcola Outside …
November 2, 2020/
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Hackney photo show tells tales of 80s life
Hackney Museum launched its latest exhibition yesterday evening with their first online Zoom panel, complete with guests who have been …
November 2, 2020/
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Police called after thousands of Stik prints for Hackney residents go missing
Police are investigating the theft of thousands of prints made by the Hackney-based artist Stik that were to be distributed …
Sustainable art installation made by children aims to raise awareness about waste
An installation made by children, in collaboration with an artist, encouraging sustainability in arts and crafts is being displayed this …
Local arts centre to be at the forefront of the Lewisham Borough of Culture programme
A local arts centre in Deptford will be at the forefront of the Lewisham Council’s Borough of Culture programme. The …
‘Distasteful’ carrot art piece criticised by other Goldsmiths students
An art installation featuring fresh, unwanted carrots dumped by an art student onto the ground in the middle of the …
October 2, 2020/
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Freelance, but not on furlough payment – the Croydon musician caught in criteria trap
Over a million people do not qualify for furlough and self-employment payments, including those who have no self-employed income during …
June 24, 2020/
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Lewisham artist’s tapestry tales of lockdown life
Embroidery artist Tina Crawford has made the most out of lockdown, using isolation to engage with new audiences and start …
June 23, 2020/
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Artists donate works to enhance NHS staff spaces
Health service workers at the Royal London Hospital and the Mile End Hospital are to be treated to artworks in …
June 17, 2020/
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East London student sessions make music to lighten the lockdown
Musicians around the globe have continued creating and releasing music online with a view to entertain audiences during the lockdown. …
June 11, 2020/
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Lewisham arts festival Brockley Max goes online
The nine-day local arts festival Brockley Max 2020 has gone online this week for the first time because of the …
Virus forces cancellation of Deptford Pride 2020
Deptford Pride 2020 has been cancelled due to COVID-19, joining a long list of LGBT+ events to be cancelled this …
Lewisham NHS Choir join X-Factor Winner in frontline staff tribute song
The Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir have released a charity song with 2008 X-Factor winner Alexandra Burke in a touching …
Hackney arts charity and cultural organisation reaches crowdfunding target
A Hackney arts charity and cultural organisation have reached their crowdfunding target and raised over £17,800 to open a new …
UK’s primary black-led theatre company is moving to Croydon
The UK’s primary black-led touring theatre company is moving to a theatre hall in Croydon, as their new art rehearsal …
Lost and Found: Hackney Museum to exhibit rediscovered photos from the 1980s
The photograph of protesters in Hackney shown above could have been taken last week at a climate rally or an …
March 14, 2020/
Arts, Features, Hackney, Local News, Society/
Telegraph Hill Festival cancelled due to fears over COVID-19 outbreak
The Telegraph Hill festival has been cancelled due to fears over the COVID-19 outbreak. The local festival, which was due …
Croydon cinema puts on dementia-friendly screenings
A cinema in Croydon is screening films for people suffering with dementia at the price of £1 and their carers …
Great Hall is back
Graduation ceremonies for Goldsmiths, University of London will be back in the Great Hall in summer 2020 after completion of …
February 14, 2020/
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Migration museum reopens in Lewisham Shopping Centre
The UK’s first Migration Museum has been relocated to Lewisham shopping centre after a two-and-a-half-year residency in Lambeth. Starting today, …
My Home is Not My Home
Reema’s story is heart-rending but by no means unique. She describes how she was brought to Yorkshire from Qatar in …
February 3, 2020/
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Canary Wharf Winter Lights
Canary Wharf is welcoming back the popular Winter Lights festival, where people can enjoy the beauty of the light artworkscreated …
January 24, 2020/
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History of East London print industry on show
East London had a thriving printing trade in the last century providing jobs for thousands of people. But technological changes transformed …
January 23, 2020/
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Hackney help for animals injured in Australian fires
A craft studio in Hackney has found an imaginative way of helping the animals injured in the Australian bushfires. Hundreds …
January 16, 2020/
Arts, Environment, Hackney, Lead Stories/
Dick Whittington and His Cat: A pantomime take on Windrush at Hackney Empire
It’s 1948 in London, and if you swap the West Country for the West Indies, you have the two heroes of Dick Whittington …
December 21, 2019/
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A Christmas Carol: A Fairy Tale – a strange blend of panto and champagne feminism
“I am a woman and I have lived a life men made for me…I am a woman and I will …
December 21, 2019/
Arts, Features, General Features/
Not just a home and more than a venue: performance space forced to relocate
For some performers a music venue closing down may just mean the end of a regular gig. For the residents …
December 19, 2019/
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Facadism and the City: the veneer of age disguising brash modernity
Like many cities of ancient origin, London’s landscape is predicated on the old being enveloped by the new. The ancient …
Art transforms the chicken shop landscape of South Norwood
Embedded in the jungle of chicken shops, greasy spoon cafes, and kebab takeaways on Portland Road, in South Norwood, you …
December 16, 2019/
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Shakespeare returns to Shoreditch as Curtain Theatre finds go on show
The Curtain Theatre in Shoreditch was Britain’s second playhouse and home to William Shakespeare’s company, the Lord Chamberlain’s Men before they moved onto …
December 12, 2019/
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Fluff, scraps of wood and old toys turn into micro-art by local children
Fluff, discarded scraps of wood and broken toys were amongst the materials used by artist Tim Spooner and Year 2 …
December 10, 2019/
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Iconic grass roots music venue re-vamped by young volunteers
The 100-year-old facade of The Macbeth public house could have been carved from a Dickens tale- a sore thumb among …
December 9, 2019/
Arts, Arts Features, Music/
School ‘proud’ to be part of artist Steve McQueen’s Year 3 project
Their faces were on the big-screen on huge billboards across the city for all to see, and now they’re on …
December 8, 2019/
Arts, Society, Tower Hamlets/